MPF
Redumper/Aaru/DiscImageCreator GUI in C# (by SabreTools)
Cathy
Cross-platform python implementation of Robert Vasicek's Win-only popular Cathy disk catalog tool (by binsento42)
| MPF | Cathy | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 4 | |
| 380 | 29 | |
| 2.7% | - | |
| 9.7 | 10.0 | |
| about 23 hours ago | over 1 year ago | |
| C# | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
MPF
Posts with mentions or reviews of MPF.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-01.
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How to make sure an Xbox disc is 100% readable ?
As an example, one of the main tools for dumping that you will find on their guide (MPF) even has an option to dump the disc twice and compare the hashes because sometimes due to a variety of reasons, like scratches, aged laser diode, copy protection shenanigans, etc. the disc won't be read correctly so the hashes won't match.
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How do I rip bluray/dvd’s/ps2 games? And what is the recommended storage product and size to use?
I can recommend https://github.com/saramibreak/DiscImageCreator . It handles all kinds of weird formats and copy protections, and it's open source! You can use https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF as the frontend if you like.
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Where to find latest addition in a romset
Be aware that some games are MIA (Miss In Action), so it's kinda pointless to try to find them, except if you have an original copy of those games and you dump it yourself by using the Media Preservation Frontend tool ( https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF/releases/latest ).
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What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?
MPF https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF
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cdrom uploads questions
Try using this tool to make images of the discs: https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF
- My Crash Team Racing gets stuck on the licensing screen at start up?
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Slightly off topic - Does anyone know how to make an ISO out of a RAW RIP?
There is a preservation group called redump.org that preserves all sorts of disc based content ranging from CDs, DVDs, HD-DVDs, Blu-Rays and Video Games. They use a program called MPF (Media Preservation Frontend) which can be found here..
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Do you guys have any idea of how to rip PS1 game files (roms) from discs?
Best tool to dump disc based games it's the MPF, it can also be used to report the hashes to the redump database: https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF/releases/latest
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ISOs are nice but sometimes you need to hoard the originals for the complete experience. (And also rip them to ISO)
How do you rip your games? Some of them come with pretty tricky copy protection. Still trying to figure out a consistent "one shot" method. Currently using a combination of MPF and Alcohol.
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I have these original Xbox demo disks I'd like to preserve
Media Preservation Frontend software allows doing quality dumps and generate the log to report redump.org, you can dowload the latest version here: https://github.com/SabreTools/MPF/releases/latest
Cathy
Posts with mentions or reviews of Cathy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-09.
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What's a really niche tool you use that you can't live without?
Cathy the catalog tool. Great tool for locating your files across multiple drives/external media etc. Original is Windows only, but there is a Python port: https://github.com/binsento42/Cathy
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GitHub - StephaneCouturier/Katalog: Katalog is a desktop application to manage catalogs of disks and files.
Cathy https://github.com/binsento42/Cathy
- Any good recommendations for Linux software similar to VVV (VirtualVolumeView) which is cross-platform but apparently broken on Linux/MacOSX ?
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Looking for removable drive catagoriser software
I did try running it in Wine but only with limited success. There might be a way to do that but I actually found out there is a somewhat usable python port endorsed on the official website of the program that is able to run on Linux. It has limited functionality and only web based GUI so I might still develop an alternative at some point to make it more seemless for my dad.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing MPF and Cathy you can also consider the following projects:
infrarecorder - CD/DVD burning software.
Katalog - Katalog is an application to manage catalogs of disks and files to search and get statistics.
mkvtoolnix-batch-tool - Batch video and subtitle processing program with the ability to add, remove, or extract subtitles from all video files in a directory and its sub-directories.
CommunityScripts - This is a public repository containing plugin and utility scripts created by the Stash Community.
nnn - n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager
media_management_scripts - Set of tools for managing media libraries
BackDrop - A cold storage backup tool for drives, folders, and network shares
TIBASIC-formulas - Borderline cheating plug-and-chug programs for various mathematical classes/subjects
pet - Simple command-line snippet manager
ctrlfrything - Search your current Windows Explorer folder with voidtools' Everything via Ctrl+F
fzf - :cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder